Needle and pin holder.



METZGER.

NEEDLE AND PIN HOLDER. APPLIOATYION II-LED oomo, 1904.

PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

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F'RAN K 3. MET'ZGE'R UNITED STATES- PATENT' OFFICE.

FRANK B. METZGER, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY. NEEDLE AND PIN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed October 10, 1904. Serial No. 227,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. METZGER, a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of for needles or pins; and the objects of the in-,

vention areto enable the needles or pins to be securely, conveniently, and neatly held in cases or packages which are ready and convenient in form for use and at the same time protect the contents from injury.

Another object of the invention is to secure a simple, cheap, and ready means for holding needles and pins in a paper-holder, so that each needle or pin is firmly held in the holder, but may be quickly removed or replaced, as desired.

The invention is cheap and easy to manufacture.

Further objects -of the invention will hereinafter appear; and to these ends the invention consists of a case or holder for the articles specified embodying the features of construction, combinations of elements, and ar rangement of parts having the general mode of operation substantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for the holder adapted to be folded into the desired form and provided with needles or pins. Fig. 2 is a side view of the blank shown in Fig. 1 folded into proper form. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the blank shown in Fig. 1 partially folded. Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views of blanks which are adapted to cooperate to form the holder. In Figs. 1 and 2 a single blank forms the holder, while in Figs. 4 and 5 two blanks are pasted together or otherwise secured to form the holder. Fig.

' 6 is a plan view of another form of blank adapted to be folded to form the holder.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly at first to Figs. 1 and 2, A represents a preparatory blank, which is made of paper, pasteboard, or any other suitable material that may be corrugated, as at B and C. In this instance two-lines of corrugations B and C are shown extending the length of the blank A, aifording ridges through which the needles or pins D may be thrust.

. The object of providing a blank'A is to enable a holder or case to be produced which comprises, essentially, an approximately rectangular piece of material having a body portion, a short bent-over end forming a pocket, and a longer portion forming an inclosing flap, the short bent-over end affording a free flap or end under which the inclosing flap is adapted to be tucked or inserted to cover the needles or pins. Upon the body portion of the holder are provided the lines of corrugations pressed flat at the bends of the holder,

through which'corrugations the needles or.

pins are adapted to be thrust, and thereby held in place in the holder.

The blank A, as shown, is folded first on a central dotted line E, as shown in Fig. 3, bringing the corrugations B and C outwardly, and then one end F is folded over to form the short bent-over end, providing a pocket or free flap under which the longer portion G forming the encircling flap is adapted to be tucked and held in place. The body portion H of the holder is formed between the folds I and J. (Shown by dotted lines.)

The corrugations B and C should be arranged upon the inside of the holder, as shown in Fig. 2. The two portions forming the top and bottom of the holder are pasted together or otherwise secured before the ends are bent, as described, and in order to prevent cracking at the folds the corrugations B and C are pressed flat, as shown at K in Fig. 2, and at L and in the same figure and also in Fig. 6. By pressing the corrugations at the fold J and also at the ends of the blank it will be seen that the inclosing flap may be folded down and tucked under the end F more snugly than if the corrugations were left the same height the whole length of the blank. As many pins may be inserted'in the corrugations B and C as may be desired, and since the corrugations are stifl after a pin is removed it may be replaced, if desired, in the same holes, or else other pins may be inserted when all those originally provided are used up.

It is obviously not necessary to make the holder out of one blank; but it may be made out of two preparatory blanks, as shown in Figs.|4 and 5. In this instance the two blanks Q and R are adapted to be pasted together, the blank Q being provided with corrugations B and C, and after the blanks are secured together they are folded along the lines I and J and the corrugations pressed flat at the IIO bends, as before. cures the short end F in proper position.

In Fig. 6 a modified form of the invention is shown, in which the preparatory blank comprises one long strip adapted to be folded in the middle along the line U. One half of the blank A (shown in Fig. 6) is corrugated at B and C, and after the two halves are pasted or otherwise secured together they are folded along the lines I and J and the corrugations pressed fiat at the bends to form the complete holder.

Obviously some features of this invention may be used without others, and the invention may be embodied in Widely-Varying forms.

Therefore, Without limitin the invention to the construction shown and described nor enumerating equivalents, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following:

A device of the character described, comprising an approximately rectangular piece of material having a body portion, a short Preferably a staple T sebent-over end forming a pocket, a longer portion forming an inclosing flap, a corrugated strip of material permanently secured to the body portion with the corrugations extend ing longitudinally along the length of the, holder and the bent-over end and inclosing flap, said corrugations being pressed flat at the bends of the holder and forming means for holding the pins in the holder, the shanks of the pins being thrust transversely of the holder through said corrugations, the short bent-over end of the holder extending along the body portion to provide a free flap or end under which the inclosing flap is adapted to be tucked or inserted to cover the pins.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK B.METZGE1;1.:

Witnesses RALPH L. BRINKERHOFF, H. O. CoLvILLE. 

